Sneaky George includes the 4G budget in his figures

Today saw the slightly creepy Just William
lookalike, George Osborne, present his autumn statement to the House of Commons.

He celebrated the coalition's achievements
in bringing down the deficit by a quarter, as well as slashing borrowing,
claiming "we are making progress" and "fronting the country's problems, not
ducking them."

However, despite not mentioning 4G
throughout his 30 minute speech, it seems his figures have been skewed somewhat
by the money he is hoping to bring in.

The government is due to auction off 4G
spectrum to UK mobile operators later this year, although the process is
unlikely to complete until early 2013. No-one expects the money raised
to come anywhere close to amount raised by 3G - over £22bn - but estimates come in
between £3bn and £4bn.